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BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media pledge £1m to child porn fight
The UK?s four largest ISPs ? BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media ? have announced that they will commit an additional £1 million collectively over the next four years to further crack down on the creation and distribution of child porn.
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EU institutions' sites move toward compliance on cookie-tracking laws
Europe?s top law-making body is working to bring its websites into line with the cookie tracking laws it enforces on other entities.
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HP shakes up management team of PC division
Hewlett-Packard has shuffled the management of its PC division as it tries to sharpen its focus on growth markets.
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Yahoo discloses user data requests from US law enforcement agencies
Yahoo has received between 12,000 to 13,000 requests for user data from law enforcement agencies in the U.S. between Dec. 1 and May 31 this year, the company said Monday.
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Sprint sues Dish, Clearwire over takeover plan
Sprint Nextel sued Clearwire and Dish Network on Monday in a bid to block Dish from taking over Clearwire, Sprint's majority-owned network partner.
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UK spy agency reportedly intercepted email of delegates at G20 meetings in 2009
British intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) reportedly intercepted the electronic communications of foreign politicians during G20 meetings that took place in London in 2009.
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The NSA's Prism must be countered with public policy, says crypto guru Phil Zimmermann
The National Security Agency?s Prism surveillance system is a dangerous hostage to fortune that must be countered using public policy and not simply clever security technologies alone, privacy campaigner and encryption luminary Phil Zimmermann has argued.
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Apple received thousands of data requests from US law enforcers
Apple received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests for customer data from U.S. law enforcement between Dec. 1 and May 31, the company said on Monday.
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Facebook, Microsoft disclose little on national security requests
Facebook and Microsoft each fielded thousands of requests for user data as part of law enforcement investigations from U.S. authorities in the second half of last year, they said late Friday.
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Internet Society urges transparency in intellectual property discussions
Greater transparency, as well as respect for the Internet's open architecture and multi-stakeholder participation, are needed to help guide discussions around intellectual property policy on the Internet, according to the Internet Society.
